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Birmingham
City council director's OBE reward
THE director of Birmingham City Council’s regulatory services team, Jacqui Kennedy, has been rewarded for 30 years of excellent public service after being made an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List.
Fundraiser celebrates landmark birthday
A ‘truly great guy’ who single-handedly helped change the lives of thousands of people in Birmingham and the West Midlands celebrated his 65th birthday late last month. Colin Barrett is the manager of the TLC Lottery, which supports a number of different charities, raising millions of pounds since it was set up in 1997.
Helping hand for charity
SOCKS, novelty toys, the wrong CD – if you’ve had a Christmas present you do not really want and want to get rid of, why not donate it to your nearest hospice? The League of Friends of the John Taylor Hospice has launched a seasonal appeal for unwanted gifts - which they plan to use to raise funds for the Hospice.
Hitting the right notes for hospice
LEGENDARY rock group The Beatles helped to raise £280 for the John Taylor Hospice on New Year's Eve. On this occasion though, it was Beatles Tribute band Abbey Road who performed a string of hits at the Digby pub in Birmingham.
Putting his best foot forward for charity
A member of the Birmingham business community has rallied round to help raise £17,000 to help life limited children at Acorns Children’s Hospice.
City students clean up
STUDENTS at Washwood Heath have been doing their bit to help the city’s homeless. A number of pupils, led by Mr Spence and Mrs Soden collected food and other essentials to give to the homeless around the city.
Sign of the times
A NEW initiative to encourage more employees to take up sign language as an extra language and skill is coming to Birmingham. For language charity Signs4Life are setting up introductory employee in-house courses ranging from six to eight weeks towards equipping people in communicating and dealing with the deaf community.
City boy tipped for top
A BIRMINGHAM boy is being tipped for greatness after celebrating a resounding victory in the Warwickshire Chess Championships.
Housing project praised
A PROJECT to regenerate an area of Lozells has been highly commended in one of the region’s leading award schemes for the housing sector.
Making a noise from Birmingham
DAWN French, Julie Christie, Alison Hammond and Julie Walters are just some of the names that have walked through the door of an award-winning Birmingham sound studio this year.
Celebrating success at Cadbury College
Always the first to reward hard work and talent, Cadbury College held it’s annual awards this week, congratulating the achievements of pupils and looking towards next year’s targets.
Early Christmas presents for children
CHRISTMAS came a little early this year for Birmingham Children’s Hospital as kind-hearted employees from Virgin Media’s contact centre delivered a sleigh-load of gifts to local children.
Festive cheer for Sealife sharks
BIRMINGHAM’S National Sealife Centre has begun playing Christmas pop hits to its sharks after new research released proved that fish can recognise a melody.